Dunkerque Develops Local Partnership Agreements

10th April 2017

Logistics BusinessDunkerque Develops Local Partnership Agreements

On Wednesday 22 March 2017, at the headquarters of the Regional Directorate of Customs and Excise (DRDDI), a partnership agreement was signed by Jean-Charles Le Gall, President of the Maritime and Commercial Union, Stéphane Mage, Regional Director of DRDDI Dunkirk and Stéphane Raison, CEO of Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque.

In Dunkirk, an area that drives innovation through the creation of added port-related value, this partnership expresses the three entities’ determination to increase the attractiveness of the port of Dunkirk with the aim of recapturing the market of customs clearance and traffic.

The goals of the agreement include developing industrial, logistics and commercial services, speeding up transit through the port, and coordinating communication with transport operators at regional, national and international level.